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Adenylyl cyclase 6 deficiency ameliorates polycystic kidney disease.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Feb 2014
Rees Sara, Kittikulsuth Wararat, Roos Karl, Strait Kevin A, Van Hoek Alfred, Kohan Donald E
Abstract excerpt
cAMP is an important mediator of cystogenesis in polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Several adenylyl cyclase (AC) isoforms could mediate cAMP accumulation in PKD, and identification of a specific pathogenic AC isoform is of therapeutic interest. We investigated the role of AC6 in a mouse model of PKD that is homozygous for the loxP-flanked PKD1 gene and heterozygous for an aquaporin-2-Cre recombinase transgene to...
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